So today. Well, this morning when I called the hospital first thing they told me that Ava was currently sleeping but had woken up previously and had been very irritable and hard to settle. Because of this they decided to start her on a morphine infusion, to see if a constant steady supply of morphine would better manage her pain, if pain is indeed her problem. I thought I had better head to the hospital, so after Jason did a quick Sunday devotional with the kids I left to go see Ava.
And Ava seemed settled when I got there, so that was good. But I hadn’t been there long when I got a call from Jason telling me that a child at the Ronald MacDonald House had come down with chicken-pox. Now this might not seem like a big deal, but when you living in a big house full of immune suppressed kids, it’s not a good thing. So in order to control it, the RMH has cancelled every gathering for at least 5 days…. meaning no summer program for the kids this week, no craft room and no ‘Home for Dinners’. Oh man! It was certainly a depressing thought for Jay as it meant he was faced with keeping the kids occupied this week without any help from the RMH, and probably not much help from me seeing Ava hasn’t been feeling well.
Something had to be done, so after a quick phone call, we packed up Jason and the kids and they left after lunch today to join family at a cottage up north for a few days. It was perfect timing and I’m so glad that Jason and the kids will actually have a fun couple of days, rather than stay here and be bored.
So now there are gone and it’s just me and Ava again for a few days. The up side to this is that it means that I am able to spend as much time at the hospital as I need too without feeling torn, and I can enjoy a few quiet evenings by myself without feeling guilty. 
And I was glad I was able to stay late at the hospital tonight, because Ava woke up around 6:00 pm and was happy to be off her CPAP and sat in my lap and looked around for quite a while. I thought she was tired out soon after and tried to put her back to bed but she didn’t want to settle, so our really kind nurse suggested taking Ava for a walk, and Ava loved it! Now, I think I mentioned that they put Ava on another infusion of a anti-anxiety med the other day, Midazolam, but after looking it up tonight I’m going to request we stop it, because when Ava is awake she seems a little stoned and I don’t like it. Plus, I think she is just as irritable on it as she was off of it, if not more. Anyway, after Ava’s walk she was finally happy to go to sleep which I was happy to see. So it seems that she was feeling better tonight, but the real test will be tomorrow when her big diuretic will have worn off and she just might retain more fluid again. I hope not!
It must be everyone’s prayers, but I feel at peace tonight… even with my family away and my baby not doing that great. Isn’t God good? It’s a new week and we’ll just wait and see what God will do. Again, we appreciate and covet your prayers!
